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BONELLI CATTLE CO. v. ARIZONA

No. 72-397.

414 U.S. 313 (1973)

BONELLI CATTLE CO. ET AL. v. ARIZONA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer C. Coker argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Leonard C. Langford.

Dale R. Shumway argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Gary K. Nelson, Attorney General of Arizona.*

Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, announced by MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN.

The question for decision is whether title to land abandoned by the stream of the Colorado River as a result of a federal rechanneling project vests in the State of Arizona, as owner of the beds under navigable streams within its borders, or in petitioner cattle company, as the owner of land riparian to the river at the time of the rechanneling...

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